[Hampshire] Free to a good home: "Linux Voice" magazines

folded. Fairly obviously, I'm not up for posting them - if you want them, come and collect! I live in Newbury. If you're interested, please contact me off list. Ian -- -- Ian Park email: i...@chalmers-park.name -- -- Please post to: Hampshire@mailman.lug.org.uk Web Interface: https://mailm

[Hampshire] "Linux Format" magazines, fee to a good home

ou're interested, please contact me off list. Ian -- -- Ian Park email: i...@chalmers-park.name -- -- Please post to: Hampshire@mailman.lug.org.uk Web Interface: https://mailman.lug.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/hampshire LUG URL: http://www.hantslug.org.uk --

Re: [Hampshire] Printers

blet, and despite nudging from me (I set the printer up so she could print from her tablet) she turned out the printer as well. If you're interested, contact me off list and we'll see if we can arrange a transfer. I live in Newbury. Best wishes Ian -- Ian Park email: i.d.c.p...@chalmers-park.

[Hampshire] Slightly OT: Intel SDK-85 board up for grabs

8 static RAM chips and a Hitachi HM62832 32k x 8 static RAM chip (an alternative to the dynamic RAM I tried to put on the board...). If anyone would like it, please contact me off-list to arrange collection. I live in Newbury. Ian -- -- Ian Park 17 Pyle Hill Newbury Berkshire RG14 7JJ Tel: +44

Re: [Hampshire] Linux laptop

with Windows 10, because the tech support people at Benenden need to be able to use Windows remote desktop . If your budget is a bit more limited than that, you can tailor the spec to bring down the cost - look at http://www.pcspecialist.co.uk/ Ian -- Ian Park email: i.d.c.p...@ntlworld.com

Re: [Hampshire] How to get a laptop with Linux?

to your desire for power vs cost. Ian -- Ian Park email: i.d.c.p...@ntlworld.com -- On 04/11/16 09:18, Stephen Nelson-Smith via Hampshire wrote: On Thu, Nov 3, 2016 at 5:58 PM, Peter Alefounder via Hampshire <hampshire@mailman.lug.org.uk <mailto:hampshire@mailman.lug.org.uk>> wrote

[Hampshire] Nasty email purporting to come from the US

his method of attack? Ian Park -- Please post to: Hampshire@mailman.lug.org.uk Web Interface: https://mailman.lug.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/hampshire LUG URL: http://www.hantslug.org.uk --

Re: [Hampshire] Help for Linux Mint please.

uefi/. If you need more step by step guidance, contact me off list and we could arrange a phone call to talk you through it. Given my location (Newbury), I suspect a face to face meeting could be tricky... Best regards Ian -- Ian Park email: i.d.c.p...@ntlworld.com -- -- Pleas

[Hampshire] System unit for sale

150GB SATA HDD and 5x Seagate 320GB SATA HDD; 2x NEC IDE DVD writers; T-Balancer fan controller; 4x front USB2.0 ports. I was running Linux Mint 17 on it, with the Seagate drives in a RAID 5 array; the HDDs have been wiped with DBAN. I'd be happy to take GBP250 for it - any offers? Ian -- -- Ian

Re: [Hampshire] UEFI booting woes

in your BIOS! Ian -- Ian Park email: i.d.c.p...@ntlworld.com -- On 10/11/14 19:40, Martin N wrote: OT i know but does this mean when an old windows OS is installed, the same error will occur? ie xp vista What is the earliest version of the windows to support the signed kernel? Martin At 13:44 09

Re: [Hampshire] UEFI booting woes

updated, though. Ian -- Ian Park email: i.d.c.p...@ntlworld.com -- -- Please post to: Hampshire@mailman.lug.org.uk Web Interface: https://mailman.lug.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/hampshire LUG URL: http://www.hantslug.org.uk --

Re: [Hampshire] UEFI booting woes

Thanks, Michael; with that hint I tried a google search on Asus Sabertooth FX + secure boot and found a You-tube video showing me how to do all sorts of tweaking, including disabling secure boot. Tried that, and now I can boot from the rEFInd CD. Cheers Ian -- Ian Park email: i.d.c.p

[Hampshire] UEFI booting woes

of removing this Windows contamination, please? Thanks in advance Ian -- Ian Park email: i.d.c.p...@ntlworld.com -- -- Please post to: Hampshire@mailman.lug.org.uk Web Interface: https://mailman.lug.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/hampshire LUG URL: http://www.hantslug.org.uk --

[Hampshire] Strange handling of multiple optical drives in Mint 17

but met with a resounding silence... Thanks in advance for any help. Ian -- -- Ian Park email: i.d.c.p...@ntlworld.com -- -- Please post to: Hampshire@mailman.lug.org.uk Web Interface: https://mailman.lug.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/hampshire LUG URL: http://www.hantslug.org.uk --

Re: [Hampshire] Over heating CPU

... Ian -- Ian Park 17 Pyle Hill Newbury Berkshire RG14 7JJ Tel: +44 (0)1635 821420 email: i.d.c.p...@ntlworld.com -- On 13/04/14 23:49, Dr A. J. Trickett wrote: On Sunday 13 Apr 2014, you wrote: My gut feeling is that the CPU cooler paste is probably past it? Yes. I seem to get about 3 years from

Re: [Hampshire] NASs

://nas-tweaks.net/371/hdd-installation-of-the-fun_plug-0-7-on-nas-devices/ Ian On 30/01/14 09:33, DAWE C wrote: I would like a NAS at home, on which I can store lots of files and have them accessible from both Limux and Widnows. (I am trying

Re: [Hampshire] NASs

of hard drives in), ans much lower power consumption (significant if you're going to keep it running most of the time). Ian -- Please post to: Hampshire@mailman.lug.org.uk Web Interface: https://mailman.lug.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/hampshire LUG URL: http://www.hantslug.org.uk --

Re: [Hampshire] Suggested Distro for an original Acer Aspire one?

Wine. [1] http://www.linuxmint.com/rel_debian.php Ian -- Please post to: Hampshire@mailman.lug.org.uk Web Interface: https://mailman.lug.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/hampshire LUG URL: http://www.hantslug.org.uk --

[Hampshire] Switch boxes free to a good home

or distributors. If you're interested, please contact me off list. I live in Newbury. Ian -- Ian Park 17 Pyle Hill Newbury Berkshire RG14 7JJ Tel: +44 (0)1635 821420 email: i.d.c.p...@ntlworld.com -- -- Please post to: Hampshire@mailman.lug.org.uk Web Interface: https://mailman.lug.org.uk

Re: [Hampshire] [OT] SMTP servers

away on holiday next week... Ian -- Ian Park email: i.d.c.p...@ntlworld.com -- -- Please post to: Hampshire@mailman.lug.org.uk Web Interface: https://mailman.lug.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/hampshire LUG URL: http://www.hantslug.org.uk --

Re: [Hampshire] Asus Motherboard/Linux compatibility

. On 25 Apr 2013 21:46, Ian Park i.d.c.p...@ntlworld.com mailto:i.d.c.p...@ntlworld.com wrote: Hi all I thought I'd try picking brains about the compatibility of a motherboard I'm thinking of using with Linux Mint. The MB is the Asus Rampage IV Extreme [1], which brags about its

Re: [Hampshire] Asus Motherboard/Linux compatibility

On 26/04/13 19:53, Daniel Llewellyn wrote: On 26 April 2013 10:30, Ian Park i.d.c.p...@ntlworld.com mailto:i.d.c.p...@ntlworld.com wrote: Thanks both for the reassurance - it looks as though I should be reasonably safe to go with that MB. But before I do, I'm waiting to hear from

[Hampshire] Asus Motherboard/Linux compatibility

://www.asus.com/Motherboards/RAMPAGE_IV_EXTREME/ Thanks in advance for any help. Ian -- Ian Park email: i.d.c.p...@ntlworld.com -- -- Please post to: Hampshire@mailman.lug.org.uk Web Interface: https://mailman.lug.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/hampshire LUG URL: http://www.hantslug.org.uk --

Re: [Hampshire] Free to a good home: back issues of Linux Format magazine, with DVDs

to Newbury than Southampton, so I could arrange to meet and transfer them for onward carriage to Southampton? Failing that, I guess I could try putting them on Freecycle... Ian -- Ian Park email: i.d.c.p...@ntlworld.com -- -- Please post to: Hampshire@mailman.lug.org.uk Web Interface: https

[Hampshire] Free to a good home: back issues of Linux Format magazine with DVDs

, and I can probably roust out those for the later issues). Clearly, posting the magazines won't make sense, but anyone who'd like them is welcome to contact me off-list to arrange collection. To save you asking where I live, the postcode is RG14 7JJ... Ian -- Ian Park email: i.d.c.p

Re: [Hampshire] Free to a good home: back issues of Linux Format magazine with DVDs

!) to host any of your meetings just yet, but perhaps we can help you out in other ways? Cheers, Benjie. On 15 Apr 2013, at 09:40, Leszek Kobiernicki 1 l.kobierni...@ntlworld.com wrote: On 15/04/13 09:35, Ian Park wrote: I've been instructed by Her Who Must Be Obeyed to turn out some of my

Re: [Hampshire] Drobo

Well, this is a simple issue. When you check 3D support in Vbox, with the VirtualGuestTools that need to be compiled inside the guest, should simply be recompiled when 3D is checked. DO NOT check 2D as that seems a windows only thing. Another cause is how much RAM you allocate to your video

Re: [Hampshire] Hostnames

to the outside world but not to the home network. That's very useful for giving internet access to visitors. Ian -- Please post to: Hampshire@mailman.lug.org.uk Web Interface: https://mailman.lug.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/hampshire LUG URL: http://www.hantslug.org.uk --

Re: [Hampshire] Vodafone USB dongle and wvdial

in the appropriate user name (web) and password (web) and access point name. HTH Ian -- Please post to: Hampshire@mailman.lug.org.uk Web Interface: https://mailman.lug.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/hampshire LUG URL: http://www.hantslug.org.uk --

Re: [Hampshire] [ADMIN] Chairman's intro and November meeting

on seeing the presentation slides if poss. Cheers Ian -- Please post to: Hampshire@mailman.lug.org.uk Web Interface: https://mailman.lug.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/hampshire LUG URL: http://www.hantslug.org.uk --

Re: [Hampshire] Crash course mobile broadband

on it, and I still have over £10 left, without topping up. If you look out for a dongle to use with Vodafone you'll probably be OK - I don't know about any other network operators [1] http://developer.vodafone.com/labs/ Ian Park -- Please post to: Hampshire@mailman.lug.org.uk Web Interface: https

Re: [Hampshire] Flash Player on Linux

Id agree. Silverlight was short lived. HTML5 appears to support mpeg4 movie / m4a audio on fly, but im no expert, but have been using html5 features rather than embedding flash. -- Sent from my Android phone with K-9 Mail. Please excuse my brevity. Philip Stubbs phi...@stuphi.co.uk wrote: On

Re: [Hampshire] My 2p on the GUI 'Wars'

Windowmaker. Has stayed the same for many blue moons. No frills, faffing or fiddling. I do miss the old risc oS ui, as well as the ui in OS/2 warp. The guis these days are going the way of windows and has put me off using them. I still use KDE 2.5.x (kwin on wmaker) as its clean, simple and

Re: [Hampshire] Pogoplug

unless you hack it and that you can't see who is downloading stuff. If you want mine, you will have to pry it from my cold, dead fingers :-) Cheers, Paul. -- Sent from my Android phone with K-9 Mail. Please excuse my brevity. Ian l...@grody.me.uk wrote: I use one for a couple reasons. One

[Hampshire] IT. Need blue load lever from HP DesignJet 800

in advance, Ian -- Sent from my Android phone with K-9 Mail. Please excuse my brevity.-- Please post to: Hampshire@mailman.lug.org.uk Web Interface: https://mailman.lug.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/hampshire LUG URL: http://www.hantslug.org.uk --

Re: [Hampshire] Quiet and cool PC running?

probably be overkill. i find AMD cpus harder to cool, but bios/emi on modern chips have the Cool 'n' Quiet feature which usually just throttles the CPU to prevent heating + fans sponning harder. ian Sean Gibbins s...@funkygibbins.me.uk wrote: On 01/05/12 22:43, Tim Brocklehurst wrote: That one looks

Re: [Hampshire] DVD Ripping

ffmpeg or mencoder. convert to anything and works many a DVD. Just need to clue up on its syntax Rob Malpass li...@getiton.myzen.co.uk wrote: Hi all I think I asked something similar a few months back but please bear with me - as ever this is driving me mad... I want a simple program to

Re: [Hampshire] Zentyal? Others?

pfsense is what ive used in many a complex situation. It is extremely powerful and simple to use. It offers a wealth of additional software and a very intuitive webui Stephen Nelson-Smith sanel...@gmail.com wrote: Hi, We're going to be deploying a couple of firewalls for a client - pretty

Re: [Hampshire] Zentyal? Others?

Vyatta may be a solution as well as zeroshell Stephen Nelson-Smith sanel...@gmail.com wrote: Hi, We're going to be deploying a couple of firewalls for a client - pretty busy php and java platform, about 20 servers in total. Not a very complex ruleset. I would normally just use pf and carp on

Re: [Hampshire] Netbooks

Lenova S205. I paid 250gbp. Dual core AMD 1.6GHz..nippy 1.6.. 4GB RAM 500GB HDD. Plays fair with Debian, Gentoo, PCBSD9 that lovely OS from that microsoft company. Nice keyboard, effiecient Fn keys, screen is good in bright light and stock battery gives upto 5/6 hours. ATI GPU which seems

Re: [Hampshire] Gigabit Server NIC

realtek nics are generally best to avoid due to bugs in the oss drivers and realteks reluctance of being open makes them a Cheapo solution. Try sticking to intel pro nics, esp. if using them for VM. Another good thing to look at is the option flags the nics support.. VLAN MTU/HW(de)Tagging, TSO

Re: [Hampshire] [OT] Power alternatives to 2 x AAA?

a larger battery unit (from maplin) and wire and plug onto it. Ian Imran Chaudhry ichaud...@gmail.com wrote: Thought I'd ask here since there are some electrical/electronic modders among us! I have one of these but missing the charger: The unit works really well in converting surround sound

Re: [Hampshire] USB, PS/2 and 5 pin DIN keyboards

old IBM Series M developed a reluctance to work for the 1 key on the numeric keypad. A friend whose PC I set up (with Ubuntu) also decided to go for the same model. Cost was about £50 IIRC. Ian -- Ian Park 17 Pyle Hill Newbury Berkshire RG14 7JJ Tel: +44 (0)1635 821420 email: i.d.c.p

Re: [Hampshire] USB, PS/2 and 5 pin DIN keyboards

could try either programming a teensy board or the like. Challanging but doable Rob Malpass li...@getiton.myzen.co.uk wrote: Hi all Does anyone know how to prolong the life of a 5pin din keyboard with ps2 on the way out? I have a lovely keyboard which I'm really really keen on keeping

Re: [Hampshire] Shutting down a server cleanly

simply change the power button function to be programmed to recieve two or more successive presses to shutdown -r now - i have done this on gentoo systems in similar environments. ian Chris Dennis cgden...@btinternet.com wrote: Hello folks I've got a Debian server sitting in an office near

Re: [Hampshire] Wanted: Rack server cases

I will have a 2U rack server up for sale soon. It wont be overly cheap, or expensive. 2U Trenton chassis 2xAMD Opteron 8Core @ 2.6GHz Tyan Thunder K8SE mobo 16GB DDR3 5x1Tbyte 3.5 sata300's (RAIDable) nVidia Tesla c2060 gpu/co processor. Well used and faultless. Selling as its been replaced by

Re: [Hampshire] Custom-built PCs

On 02/04/12 10:39, I Close wrote: On 04/02/12 09:34, Ian Park wrote: A few years back, on a recommendation from someone on this list (sorry, can't remember who), I bought a custom-built PC from a company called Vadim. At the time I bought it, it was pretty high spec: 2x 2GHz dual core Opteron

Re: [Hampshire] crippled system - is there any hope.

the way you upgraded it. Normally you should 'apt-get dist-upgrade' which will resolve a lot of issues. It may just be you did upgrade and are still missing a lot of the vital components to use the newer version. Ian On 07/04/2012 21:32, Mike Burrows wrote: Hi Folks. Went ahead a did

Re: [Hampshire] Domain type authentication using Linux as domain server

, there are lots of documents. But, what happens if it breaks and you are not about..!? As I say, be fun to try as a project Ian On 08/04/2012 17:42, Tony Wood wrote: +1 to Ally's remarks. As a relative newcomer to Linux, I was at first somewhat put off by the quick-fire geekiness I saw

Re: [Hampshire] Server log viewer

. Logcheck in itself is extremely versatile, can be tweaked and modded easily can report on all kinds of things with your logs (usually picking out the anomolies and providing the exact log entries). Ian On 01/04/2012 17:52, Leo wrote: I currently run a box with Smoothwall on it, but I'm thinking

[Hampshire] Custom-built PCs

. Unfortunately, Vadim have gone out of business. Does anyone know of a similar company they'd trust to do a decent job of building a similar system but with a more up-to-date (spelled f - a - s - t - e - r!) processor etc? Thanks in advance for any help. Ian -- Ian Park 17 Pyle Hill Newbury

Re: [Hampshire] Portable linux firewall

firestarter Sent from my HTC - Reply message - From: Chris Dennis cgden...@btinternet.com To: Hampshire@mailman.lug.org.uk Subject: [Hampshire] Portable linux firewall Date: Sun, Apr 1, 2012 7:00 pm Hello folks On another well-known operating system beginning with 'W', there are

Re: [Hampshire] Portable linux firewall

shorewall too. sorry for two replies phone is having a fools day Sent from my HTC - Reply message - From: Chris Dennis cgden...@btinternet.com To: Hampshire@mailman.lug.org.uk Subject: [Hampshire] Portable linux firewall Date: Sun, Apr 1, 2012 7:00 pm Hello folks On another well-known

Re: [Hampshire] PSPP Libraries

sometime make files use preset folders for dearching. if u find where the libs are installed run ./configure --help and look for things like --with-cairo-libs=/place/of/libs ive ran into this a lot git building ffmpeg to support everything. ian Sent from my HTC - Reply message

Re: [Hampshire] Anyone using FlightGear?

was the m$ sidewinder from yesteryear. A friend tells me uses his PS3 or Xbox controller on his PC for it works fine... I have found issues with it though, still to this day if you use the mouse or keyboard as a controller, is that most aircraft jeer off left or right on take off. Ian

Re: [Hampshire] Embedded Linux box -- web configuration

i use a pogoplug which now runs a native debian. super quiet, pleanty of usb ports. not super powerful but fun Sent from my HTC, worse syntax expected. - Reply message - From: Chris Dennis cgden...@btinternet.com To: hampshire@mailman.lug.org.uk Subject: [Hampshire] Embedded Linux box

Re: [Hampshire] Replacing home server with a Linux NAS device?

/listinfo/hampshire LUG URL: http://www.hantslug.org.uk -- +1 on the QNAP NAS all good so far. Ian -- Please post to: Hampshire@mailman.lug.org.uk Web Interface: https://mailman.lug.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/hampshire LUG URL: http

Re: [Hampshire] discussion at the LUG meeting - web-enabled booking system

On Sat, 3 Mar 2012 08:04:44 +, Edward Beckmann edward.beckm...@gmail.com wrote: Vic, Ian, Tim - thanks. Look forward to seeing one or more of you later. Hi ed It seems I've been blessed with a chest infection, so rather than spread it round to you guys, I thought I'd stay at home

Re: [Hampshire] discussion at the LUG meeting - web-enabled booking system

. So Ill run a short ideas session for anyone who would like to participate if I may. Happy to take expressions of interest from anyone who cannot make this weekend. Thanks Hi Ed I'll try and see you there during the day. Regards Ian -- Please post to: Hampshire@mailman.lug.org.uk Web

Re: [Hampshire] IPv6 ADSL router recommendations

you should you ever get native. I've used one on Andrews Arnold for gone a year and has not once failed me. It's also worked with a number of tunnel providers too. Ian -- Please post to: Hampshire@mailman.lug.org.uk Web Interface: https://mailman.lug.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/hampshire LUG URL

Re: [Hampshire] IPv6 ADSL router recommendations

Routerboards. Linitx.com sell them. Any alixboard running m0n0wall will do it too. Routerboard 750 under 40 quid. Sent from my HTC - Reply message - From: Chris Dennis cgden...@btinternet.com To: Hampshire@mailman.lug.org.uk Subject: [Hampshire] IPv6 ADSL router recommendations Date:

Re: [Hampshire] Dud FS?

it and imaging back to another drive maybe a quicker option tbh. I've seen these errors before and they can cause massive IO holdups, see what 'smartinfo --all /dev/hdlocation' says regarding errors and health state. Ian On Monday 30 January 2012 18:16:48 Vic wrote: 1

Re: [Hampshire] Dud FS?

data. Ian On Tuesday 31 January 2012 16:25:31 Vic wrote: Another way is to use a livecd to run fsck on the drive. Errr - I wouldn't. Once a drive has started dropping data like this, it is likely to keep on doing so. The more operations you perform, the more likely you are to drop

Re: [Hampshire] IP address translation

The feature you are looking for is static port mapping. Ive never used linux box for natting so anyone who knows iptables will help. Sent from an HTC Mobile. Expect worse typos and grammar James Courtier-Dutton james.dut...@gmail.com wrote: Hi, I understand how to do network address and

Re: [Hampshire] IP address translation

another way is to do 1:1 NAT if u have multiple WAN IPs or remove NAT altogether. NAT is not security. Sent from an HTC Mobile. Expect worse typos and grammar Ian Grody l...@grody.me.uk wrote: The feature you are looking for is static port mapping. Ive never used linux box for natting so

Re: [Hampshire] ntpd vs. ptpd

time, PTP maybe a better option for you as it has methods to account for network latency in conveying time messages. Give it a poke and see what works best for you :-) Ian -- Please post to: Hampshire@mailman.lug.org.uk Web Interface: https://mailman.lug.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/hampshire LUG

Re: [Hampshire] ntpd vs. ptpd

a wealth of benefits over NTP mind, but looks to be more geared toward cluster computing. Ian On Tuesday 24 January 2012 18:53:03 Ian Grody wrote: On Tuesday 24 January 2012 18:15:06 James Courtier-Dutton wrote: Hi, Does anyone have experience of both ntp and ptp ? Which is likely

Re: [Hampshire] Sorry for the cross post but you need to read this.

Neither on my Debian, Gentoo or Ubuntu box. However, I use xscreensaver to lock my screen on all of the above. On Thursday 19 January 2012 09:30:44 Freaky Clown wrote: I dont normally let out stuff like this, but thought you lot should known. So far confirmed with: Gentoo Fedora

Re: [Hampshire] Sorry for the cross post but you need to read this.

Quite clearly an idiots mishap of not checking config files that may have been changed from updated packages. Admin error. I even installed these dists in a vbox to try, editing the xorg files manually and non fell victim to this attack. RTFM maybe? /flame Ian On Thursday 19 January 2012

Re: [Hampshire] [OT] Gladrags and Handbags

in the western world... Ian -- Ian Park 17 Pyle Hill Newbury Berkshire RG14 7JJ Tel: +44 (0)1635 821420 email: i.d.c.p...@ntlworld.com -- -- Please post to: Hampshire@mailman.lug.org.uk Web Interface: https://mailman.lug.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/hampshire LUG URL: http://www.hantslug.org.uk --

Re: [Hampshire] Novatech - Ubuntu good news?

of their systems with a Linux preinstalled? Think this was with net tops. Ian alan c aecl...@candt.waitrose.com wrote: On 13/01/12 21:32, Samuel Penn wrote: On Friday 13 January 2012 12:50:12 alan c wrote: With a current thread I have seen about laptop buying in mind, I called in to Novatech Reading on my

Re: [Hampshire] Help! I'm buying a laptop.

, the i5 is more bang for your buck. happy hunting, Ian Yes, on further inspection it (www.tomshardware.com has a benchmark of some very similar kit) that the choice is between graphics and maths capability. The greater CPU performance of the i5 is very tempting

Re: [Hampshire] Help! I'm buying a laptop.

Now now ladies this is a LUG, not a whores handbag club :-P Sean Gibbins s...@funkygibbins.me.uk wrote: On 14/01/12 18:35, Keith Edmunds wrote: On Fri, 13 Jan 2012 22:34:51 +, pet...@gmail.com said: It was late. Give me a break! Had enuf that night to sink a boat. I enjoy a drink as

Re: [Hampshire] Help! I'm buying a laptop.

, the ATI GPU (Toshiba) will most likely steal some of your RAM for the graphics. nVidia tend to ship theirs with it's own memory. Both these CPU's are rated 35W - so price-for-price, the i5 is more bang for your buck. happy hunting, Ian On Wednesday 11 January 2012 22:24:38 Tim Brocklehurst

Re: [Hampshire] VDSL equipment

BT have removed BRAS profiles, you will experience the better side of it (hopefully). Cheers Rob Ian -- Please post to: Hampshire@mailman.lug.org.uk Web Interface: https://mailman.lug.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/hampshire LUG URL: http://www.hantslug.org.uk --

Re: [Hampshire] CS Degree Courses (was Re: Linux Answers)

-10, with (amongst other things) a massive 64MB (if I remember correctly) head-per track hard disc drive... Ian -- Ian Park 17 Pyle Hill Newbury Berkshire RG14 7JJ Tel: +44 (0)1635 821420 email: i.d.c.p...@ntlworld.com -- -- Please post to: Hampshire@mailman.lug.org.uk Web Interface: https

Re: [Hampshire] Random ssl vnc disconnection

You say developed, was this not an issue before? It would be best to attempt to replicate from another OS. If you are fancy enough to have an Android device, androvnc and connectbot (ssh client) are free to download and test with. Ian On Saturday 10 December 2011 19:06:24 Rob Malpass wrote

Re: [Hampshire] recording a webex seminar

On Thursday 08 December 2011 09:28:41 Edward Beckmann wrote: Hi I want to listen to a webex webinar session and also record it, but am struggling to find a recent posting on forums about what to record with. Anyone had success with this please? Currently on ubuntu 10.04 netbook, mint 9

Re: [Hampshire] Anyone coming to the AGM?

:-( How did events go in the end? Did anything good turn about? Ian -- Please post to: Hampshire@mailman.lug.org.uk Web Interface: https://mailman.lug.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/hampshire LUG URL: http://www.hantslug.org.uk --

Re: [Hampshire] New member... Hoping to come to Saturday LUG Meeting.

. I'm a networking geek more than anything hope to be able to share ideas and knowledge. Look forward to seeing you, Ian -- Please post to: Hampshire@mailman.lug.org.uk Web Interface: https://mailman.lug.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/hampshire LUG URL: http://www.hantslug.org.uk --

Re: [Hampshire] Changing from TalkTalk

to complain. Ian -- Please post to: Hampshire@mailman.lug.org.uk Web Interface: https://mailman.lug.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/hampshire LUG URL: http://www.hantslug.org.uk --

Re: [Hampshire] [ADMIN] December Meeting and AGM

Denis and Damian Brasher volunteered them selves and Ian Brazier is willing remain Treasurer. I am therefore asking them if they are willing to remain standing and asking for additional volunteers to complete the committee. We need a chair, a hostmaster, a treasurer and two general officers

Re: [Hampshire] [OT] Anyone got a PCI sound card they don't need?

with a bunch of 160GB HDDs in a RAID 5 array). I've still got the driver CD (though you can download more up-to-date drivers from the web), and I printed out the manual from the CD as well. Contact details are below if you're interested Ian -- Ian Park 17 Pyle Hill Newbury Berkshire RG14 7JJ Tel

Re: [Hampshire] test message

Looks good Tim :-) On Tuesday 15 November 2011 20:49:43 Tim wrote: Testing to see if I can post yet. Sorry to bother anybody Tim -- Please post to: Hampshire@mailman.lug.org.uk Web Interface: https://mailman.lug.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/hampshire LUG URL: http://www.hantslug.org.uk

Re: [Hampshire] Help please - Rusty on building a PC

/hampshire LUG URL: http://www.hantslug.org.uk -- No, the great majority, if not all, were second hand! Seems the word has got around that these are desirable... Ian -- Ian Park 17 Pyle Hill Newbury Berkshire RG14 7JJ Tel: +44 (0)1635 821420

Re: [Hampshire] Help please - Rusty on building a PC

on those is astronomical... Ian -- Ian Park 17 Pyle Hill Newbury Berkshire RG14 7JJ Tel: +44 (0)1635 821420 email: i.d.c.p...@ntlworld.com -- -- Please post to: Hampshire@mailman.lug.org.uk Web Interface: https://mailman.lug.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/hampshire LUG URL: http://www.hantslug.org.uk --

Re: [Hampshire] When things don't go to plan....

Try a freebsd to mount it. Linux hfs+ has always been flakey James Courtier-Dutton james.dut...@gmail.com wrote: Hi, I was intending to do some file recovery on a friends Mac OS X laptop. Plan was as follows: 1) take a dd image of the laptop hard disk. (worked fine, remove HD from laptop,

Re: [Hampshire] Help please - Rusty on building a PC

On 12/11/11 13:07, Rob Malpass wrote: -Original Message- From: hampshire-boun...@mailman.lug.org.uk [mailto:hampshire- boun...@mailman.lug.org.uk] On Behalf Of Ian Park Sent: 11 November 2011 18:41 To: hampshire@mailman.lug.org.uk Subject: Re: [Hampshire] Help please - Rusty

Re: [Hampshire] Help please - Rusty on building a PC

for a friend from CCL (http://www.cclonline.com) - that comes with USB as the primary connector, and a USB to PS/2 adaptor. Price was quite reasonable too... Ian -- Ian Park 17 Pyle Hill Newbury Berkshire RG14 7JJ Tel: +44 (0)1635 821420 email: i.d.c.p...@ntlworld.com -- -- Please post to: Hampshire

Re: [Hampshire] Shutdown -h sometimes restarts

Acpi bug probably. Does halt do the same? Leo li...@fractal.me.uk wrote: My server (Debian stable) has developed a habit of sometimes restarting rather than shutting down when I run shutdown -h now Has anyone else seen this, as Googling and looking at logs has got me nothing so far. Thanks,

Re: [Hampshire] Changing my shell...?

vipw to edit passwd file properly, / etc/shells are the available ones and /etc/skel* are skeleton files for default env for new user shells. When you adduser you get to choose what shell Owain Clarke simb...@cooptel.net wrote: On 29/10/11 14:25, Vic wrote: The shell for each user is defined

Re: [Hampshire] [OT] Big IMAP accounts

Indeed, best to run your own. If you want it simple to setup, check out SME Server http://wiki.contribs.org/Main_Page Ian Chris Dennis cgden...@btinternet.com wrote: Hello folks Can anyone suggest or recommend an outfit that provides an IMAP service with lots of room? i.e. multiple

Re: [Hampshire] OT Please tell me how this is not a scam.

On Monday 17 October 2011 15:06:37 Philip Stubbs wrote: Can anybody tell me how this works:- http://www.bluecarbon.com/how-it-works.html Nah, it's for real.. Ask RedSquare Services... They seemed to have gotten very embarrassed when I asked them about it Remember, Blue is the new Green -

Re: [Hampshire] Domestic ADSL ISPs

to drop like a lead balloon when your line resyncs and keeps you and a much slower rate than your sync speed, sometimes forcing a 20Meg synched line to work at 2/3Meg. Then spend weeks for it to come back to real-life. Martin N At 18:45 07/10/2011, Ian Grody wrote: Seconded. BE ADSL lines

Re: [Hampshire] Domestic ADSL ISPs

Annex A upto 16 down and _1_.3 up sorry -- Please post to: Hampshire@mailman.lug.org.uk Web Interface: https://mailman.lug.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/hampshire LUG URL: http://www.hantslug.org.uk --

Re: [Hampshire] Domestic ADSL ISPs

Seconded. BE ADSL lines are less prone to BT provided ones. No DLM for one. James Bensley jwbens...@gmail.com wrote: I would vote for Be here or Andrews and Arnolds over a Be line. -- Please post to: Hampshire@mailman.lug.org.uk Web Interface:

Re: [Hampshire] Data Destruction

Most software recovery will have problems recovering data after doing a simple zeroing of a drive. Truecrypt does this prior to filling with random data and further xeroing after would give most hardware recoveries problems. Rob Malpass li...@getiton.myzen.co.uk wrote: Hi all Yes this old

Re: [Hampshire] Smartphones

(1) battery life, which is an industry wide problem, so pick up a spare battery from Amazon, and (2) not enough internal storage - you can indeed add a microsd but not all apps can use it. Battery life is a tad terrible yea, but running CM7 i get the whole day out of it most of the time. For

Re: [Hampshire] Smartphones

The ZTE Blade (Orange San Francisco) is a far better choice than the Wildfire S. Same specs, but has a 640x480 screen and better display overall. Even if you do get one locked to orange, there are free aps on Android Market that will work out your SIM unlock code easy peasy. I use an HTC

Re: [Hampshire] Video editing recommendation please

KDEnlive, Pitivi and Kino are what i mostly use. There are a few more, Open Movie Editor and Openshot Video Editor. Stopmotion too. GIMP also has a GAP (Gimp Animation Plugin) which can assist with adding funky artwork to clips. On Thursday 29 September 2011 14:12:54 Rob Malpass wrote: Hi all

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